that's our show. thank you for coming. see you next week. hello. i'm greg gregg jarrett. glad you're with us. >> good to see you. i'm arthel neville. topping the news this hour, president obama spending his last day in paradise before heading back to d.c so after all the fun and the sun in hawaii, what can he expect when he returns to work? we'll have a live report from honolulu. >> making the olympics safe after a series of deadly attacks hit russia, so is the kremlin up to the job with the winter games weeks away? >> and usa to the rescue. an american coast guard cutter is heading south to help those chinese and russian ships

stranded in antarctic. the details coming up. we begin with an extreme weather alert now. this arctic blast is really slamming much of the country right now. roads remain icy as the cold front sends temperatures near record low levels in many states. wisconsin alone, for example. look at the map there. wind chill expected to dip into the negative teens. schools already closed on monday across minnesota. bryan yennis is with us. hi, bryan. >> hi, gregg. it's right now the temperatures is about 25 degrees and overnight it was about 9 degrees here in central park. that pales in comparison to what much of the nation is going to experience come tonight, saturday night, and moving into tuesday where temperatures are expected to go well into the teens below zero. in minnesota, we're talking about negative 20 below zero

temperatures on monday, which is cold even for the folks who are used to that kind of weather. freezing temperatures forcing officials to cancel school statewide for the first time in 17 years on monday. that's because the cold and the frigid temps are expected to linger through wednesday. >> it was a historic weather pattern we're having. 86 hours of continued below subzero freezing with really dangerous wind chills for our children. the kind of weather where in five minute, ten minute, kids can get significant frostbite and the governor and i wanted to assure all kids were safe. >> reporter: we are. we're talking about life-threatening wind chills that will feel about negative 30 to negative 50 below zero. the national weather service is saying it's going to be the coldest the region has seen in literally two decades, since the mid 1990s and it's all thanks to a polar vortex, by the way, which is bringing frigid arctic air from really the north pole, literally bringing it unusually

south into the united states. of course, the coldest temperatures are expected to begin sunday night and just in time for the workweek on monday. chicago on monday, a high of negative 8 and a low of negative 12. minneapolis, a high of negative 17 and a low of negative 22. green bay, negative 13 high and a low of negative 23. indianapolis, a high of negative 10 and a low of negative 15 on monday. news of the bone-chilling cold is coming a day after people have shoveled their way out of the winter's first major snow storm which left about two feet of snow in some parts of massachusetts. left 16 people dead throughout the united states. and canceled thousands of flights. now we have to reemphasize again with these kinds of wind chill temperatures, it's important that you realize that frostbite and hypothermia are real threats. if you're out there for more than five to ten minutes, negative 30 to negative 50-degree wind chill temperatures, those things can happen in under ten minutes.

make sure that you stay as warm as possible. gregg? >> great advice. thanks very much. we'll check out accuweather meteorologist jennifer corea to see how long this cold spell will last. hi, jennifer. >> hi. after having a snow storm just a few days ago on thursday, now we have to deal with another system. it's been bringing the snow across the great lakes, parts of the great lakes back into the rockies. chicago had been dealing with the snow throughout today, later on tonight light to moderate snowfall, from chicago and then spreading on further eastward, even st. louis later on tonight. late tonight and into tomorrow morning, st. louis will get the snow. it will become heavy by tomorrow, into the afternoon and especially across detroit as well. could easily pick up between six to 12 inches of snow from st. louis to detroit. but also tomorrow morning we'll have a brief period of some icy

mix along the i-95 corridor. that will change over into all rain because we're on the warm side of the storm, especially along the northeast. what we have to worry about is the arctic blast behind it. this will bring -- later into the i-95 corridor, by monday. that will make roads a mess out there for our morning commute on monday. but also bundle up because the winds, when the arctic air arrives, the winds will be blowing past 40 miles per hour. wind gusts. so that will make it very dangerous out there along with this arctic blast where temperatures will be well below zero. feeling well below zeier crow that could cause major problems not only on the roadway, but for us ourselves t could cause frostbite. so keep yourself warm. you don't have to go outdoors. stay indoors. now back to you arthel and gregg. >> thank you very much. america is on its way to aid in the ant actor arctic rescue.

the coast guard responding to a call from australia for help and is heading south now from sydney to free two ships stuck in the ice. one is russian, the other is a chinese ice breaker. the coast guard will help australia, which is leading the rescue effort. the governments of russia and china are asking the u.s. for assistance. polar star is the coast guard's only active ice breaker expected to reach the stranded ships in the antarctic january 12. president obama is saying good-bye to the tropical temperatures of hawaii, wrapping up his two-week vacation and returning to washington tomorrow where a full plate of issues await him, including obamacare and unemployment benefits. senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler live in honolulu, traveling with the president. hi, wendell. >> reporter: hi, arthel. first item on the president's

agenda once he gets home is renewing jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed. that was not a part of the budget deal that he signed just before christmas and the benefits expired on new year's day. the senate will vote on an extension monday. mr. obama hopes to pressure the house to follow suit with a speech the following day. here is a part of what he had to say in his internet address earlier today. >> we don't abandon our fellow americans when times get tough. we keep the faith with them until they start that new job. what's more, it actually slows down the economy for all of us. if folks can't pay their bills or buy the basics, local businesses take a hit and hire fewer workers. >> it's a safe bet he'll be closely watching the implementation of obamacare, making sure people who think they've enrolled in the exchanges actually get to see doctors and he'll be pushing for immigration reform, though house republicans still object to the path to citizenship he says is

necessary to lure 13 million illegals out of the shadows. on the plus side, there could be a bipartisan agreement on a plan to stop spending federal money on political conventions and use it to fund children's medical research instead. >> instead of funding these conventions once every four years, we'll make it a daily priority to explore the full potential of clinical trials and advancements not only for childhood cancer, but for all pediatric conditions, even the most rare genetic diseases. >> reporter: mississippi congressman greg harper, the white house hasn't weighed in on his plan, but officials blame republicans for the so-called sequester, which cut medical research funding. the republicans objected to the revenue increases the democrats wanted to use to avoid the sequester. arthel? >> all right. wendell goler, warm weather in hawaii. the jig is up. get on back to dc where that's freezing. >> i'll be back in a couple of

days. >> we'll see you then. thank you. >> he's actually wearing bermuda shorts. >> he probably is. one thing that could get in the way of the president's agenda is a new legal battle now over the nsa spying program. last night, senator rand paul revealing he is in the process of collecting, he says, signatures for a massive class action lawsuit against the obama administration. peter doocy has more from washington. >> if you've got a cell phone, senator rand paul thinks you're eligible to join his new lawsuit against the obama administration. the republican from kentucky is putting together an experienced legal team that includes former virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli and is hoping to eventually gain class action status in his bid to prevent the nsa's bulk data collection. >> the government should only look at your visa bill or your phone bill if they have a warrant that is specific to you and says that they think that you have committed a crime.

furthermore, bernie sanders has tough questions for the nsa chief, keith alexander, writing him, quote, is the nsa currently spying on members of congress or other american elected officials? these congressional calls for clarity and privacy are coming just ahead of president obama's announcement of possible reforms to the way the nsa does business. >> i'm going to make a pretty definitive statement about all of this in january where i'll be able to say here are the recommendations that we think make sense. here are ones that we think are promising, but still need to be refined further. >> but the obama administration is still fighting to keep collecting americans' phone records. on friday, a fisa court said they can continue with the bulk data collection and the doj appealed federal judge richard leon's december ruling which found that the nsa's practices likely do violate the constitution. gregg? >> peter doocy, thanks.

the winter olympic games are weeks away. russian president putin touring the olympic site in sochi, watching rehearsals for the opening ceremonies. the country also announcing it's reversing its ban on protests during the games. after bowing to pressure by the international olympic committee. security concerns are growing after recent terrorist attacks. forks news military analyst, general bob scales telling our own jamie colby earlier today that he takes putin's promise of extra security with a grain of salt. listen. >> there is a difference between extra and good. the federal security services and ministry of interior forces don't have a very good reputation for stopping terrorist events, certainly not in moscow. certainly not in vogelgrad and other place. there were 1500 terrorist events in chechnya over the last three

years. >> the u.s. state department urging americans heading to the games to be on alert. former first lady barbara bush is resting at her houston home tonight after spending a week in the hospital in texas. a spokesman for the family says mrs. bush was released earlier today being treated for pneumonia. on monday the 88-year-old former first lady and her husband, former president george h.w. bush celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary. good for them. >> very good. in britain, some amazing video of a large section of a cliff falling into the sea. here it is. large sections of rock falling along the coast yesterday. after days of rough seas, battering that coast line, it could have been worse. in the summer, people barbecue right under that cliff. wow. that would have been really bad.

the u.k. environment agency putting out an alert on high tide along this coast line. really incredible. intense fight between iraqi police and al-qaeda affiliated militants. in the city of fallujah, it's over. who is raising the flag over that city, coming up next. >> we have fresh developments in the new agreement from the 13-year-old girl. >> and the minimum wage increased in many states this year. how it will affect the economy as a whole, coming up be a victim of fraud. fraud could mean lower credit scores

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>> time for a quick check of the headlines. the city center of iraq's fallujah is now reportedly in the hands of al-qaeda affiliated militants. police say they have left the area entirely after days of intense battles. eight people reportedly killed. dozens more injured.

secretary of state john kerry saying that there are some -- they're making some progress toward a framework for a peace deal between israelis and palestinians. the secretary is pushing the two sides to reach an agreement to establish a palestinian state alongside israel. small plane now being towed away after making an emergency landing on a highway in new york city. my wife tells me it's highway 87. no serious injuries reported. very good. so more than a dozen states raising their minimum wage with the start of the new year. but will the increase pay healthy economy and carry democrats to victory, or will it hurt the job market and tilt the balance of power? let's bring in matt, former political director under president bush. kristy, the president of new heights communication and former

spokesperson for former vermont governor howard dean. good to see both of you. >> good to be here. >> we're going to go over the pros and cons of both sides of this argument. matt, we'll start from the small business perspective. looking at a recent gallup poll of small business owners with 60% of them saying that raising the minimum wage to 9.50 an hour would hurt business. if these guys are forced to pay more, will they hire fewer people? >> i guess all we can too is look at the past and what studies show us is that for every 10% increase in the minimum wage, there is a 5 to 9% decrease in the number of jobs that are available. last time we raised minimum wage to a large ex tents 40%, there were half a million fewer jobs available in the marketplace. in the period of time we had high unemployment, if you like fewer job, you'll love this plan. >> kristy, is there a way for some of these small businesses to make minimum wage the

increase work without cutting full-time jobs in a way to maybe offer other incentives in order to compete with the larger companies that can pay more? >> sure. if you actually listen to the people that are in that same survey, what they'll tell you is they believe that raising the minimum wage is going to hurt business owners, but yet when asked, what about you? are you going to lay off people? are you going to cut benefits? they say no. they themselves would not necessarily be affected by it. so i think that kind of speaks to the broader issue that maybe this isn't as big of a deal as we think. i think there is another way to look at it, people ho aren't making a living wage, they can't afford to pay rent, that sort of thing. the government is going to pay for it in terms of pubisessance, or we can ask employers to actually raise their wages. if you want a solution that doesn't cost the government a dime, i'd say asking employers to do the right thing is a good one. >> it's a good one. so you're saying that if you

increase the minimum wage, it's a good thing because people are in the -- those in the work force or look for a job, they'll have more money in their pocket and you feel that's going to have a positive trickle down effect on the overall economy? >> it sure does. when you give people more purchasing power, they turn that back and they spend it. unlike people who are at the very, very top of the pyramid where when they get more money, they don't necessarily invest in a way that's good for the broader economy. when people in the lower or middle classes get more money, they do. they spend it on goods and services. so it's good for everyone. >> matt, let me get back to you now. go ahead, first of all, and respond to what kristy said. >> just if you take that to a logical conclusion, let's take more and more money out of the hands of wealthy people and give it to people who aren't wealthy. it seems like a crazy government program or mandate to go on. the fact is that the only way people in this country are going to have a good economic future is either good jobs -- not minimum wage jobs, jobs that pay more than minimum wage and that businesses are growing again.

that's been the real problem with the obama economy. this bad situation that people are in with incredibly high poverty rates. we've got to turn that around. >> the minimum wage increase is popular with americans and abc news poll showing 66% support it. matt, i ask you, how do republicans explain and convince voters that effectively that raising the minimum wage is not a good idea? >> i think the best thing for my party is to quit always trying to take the side of the wealthy, millionaires. let's talk about this in terms of poverty and people looking for a job. the fact is that if i reference that ball state university study, there were half a million fewer jobs the last time we raised the minimum wage by 40%. higher unemployment does not help the poor, does not help people that are getting their first job. that's the kind of arguments we have to make. there will be a lot of people in my party who will say we're tired of making these arguments.

>> what helps the people you're referencing now, matt? >> getting a job. it's the most important -- better than any government program. let's have a private sector job where you have the opportunity to grow and have your wages even get higher. that's what we have to do as a government. the fact is these obama policies, whether it's obamacare, whether it's all these new taxes, they're actually reducing the chances that we'll have job growth. that's a big problem. >> kristy? >> i agree one thing that matt said, which is that republicans have to stop being on the side of the wealthy. i think that's the biggest problem here is that once again by fighting these minimum wage increase, republicans are showing themselves to be on the side of wealthy corporations and against working people. look, 7.25 an hour, if you take that, it's like 18 or $19,000 a year. we know no one can live on that. if you're a single mom, you've got two kids, let's say you're a security guard making $8 an hour, 7.25, you know that you're

not going to be able to -- >> hold on, hold on. 85% of the people on minimum wage are younger employees that don't have -- >> that's not true. >> so to always use -- then you need to argue -- >> i don't. >> you need to organize with the obama census bureau. the fact is most minimum wage jobs are entry level jobs. most of the people get -- two-thirds of them get a raise in the first year. >> i'm running out of time. kristy, go ahead. >> i'll say that this is great politics for anybody who wants to put it on the ballot. unfortunately for republicans, that's always been the democrats. every time the minimum wage raise goes on the ballot, it wins. democrats are wise to support it in congress and in states wherever it's on the ballot. >> crist cree and matt, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> the aftermath of the massive data breach at target continues to affect a great many people

across america. one state is doing something to combat the security concerns. new rules now require pilots to get a minimum amount of uninterrupted sleep. what might that mean for flight availability? we'll talk about it next.

it's bottom of the hour. time for top of the news. after getting slammed by snow, much of the country is now shivering under record-breaking cold. the governor of minnesota already closed schools for tomorrow where temperatures -- monday i should say. where temperatures are set to reach minus 20. >> russian president putin visiting sochi today a little more than a month ahead of the winter olympics there. russian media reporting president putin signed a decree promising to beef up security following last month's terrorist

attacks. former first lady barbara bush is resting at home tonight after pneumonia put her in a texas hospital for a whole week. a family spokesman says the 88-year-old is doing great. we wish her well. workers approved a new contract by a narrow 51% vote. that agreement means that boeing's triple 7 x, largest twin engine jet in the world will be built in washington state. but leaders for the machinist union had called on members to oppose the deal. dominic denatale has more. >> this bass a razor thin call. majority gained by a tiny count of 600 in favor. the ballot with 24,000 votes cast, the deal was universally unpopular with workers. those who voted for it largely felt obliged to keep jobs in puget sound where boeing is the biggest corporate employer. >> i think it's worth the gamble.

we have the best mechanic, the best tooling. it's all right here. >> i think the main thing is trying to keep boeing in this local area and keep jobs going and benefit a large community. >> at a time when boeing is doing fabulousry well, you're asking our members to make serious financial concessions. >> reporter: this was the deal that they got in the end, the contract runs from 2016 to 2024. it replaces their current pension plan with a 401(k) type of plan. there is a $10,000 signing bonus and there is an additional $5,000 bonus in 2020. local officials called on the members to kick this deal out even though they knew that they would likely drive jobs out of the state. one reacted to the outcome with this statement. we felt that the cost was too high in terms of our lost pensions and the thousands of dollars in additional health care we'll have to pay each year. now it's up to all of us to pull

together to make this airplane program successful. the plane will be responsible for 10,000 jobs and to make it happen, boeing demanded an additional $9 billion worth of tax breaks over 25 years from the state besides this new union deal for workers. on top of that, workers will not be able to strike until 2024. that is a decade for no strike action for this massive company. >> wow. we'll all be gone. dominic, thanks. new federal regulations going into effect this weekend requiring more rest for airline pilots. the rules now limit the number of consecutive hours pilots can fly. what does this mean for you, the passengers? joining us now, ceo and founding partner of lexion capital management. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> let's go down the list and talk about the pros and cons of this. we'll talk about the pros starting with more jobs.

>> sure. so this means that airlines need to hire and not just pilots, but they need to hire entire crews in case they need back up planes. so airlines are hiring. that's the good news. >> that is good news. the other pro is that they were going to have to be more efficient in terms of scheduling. >> that's the hope. the hope with this is that the airlines will be more efficient. one thing that i know we all dread is getting out and just waiting on an airplane. now pilots can only work a certain number of consecutive hours. they need ten hours off with eight consecutive hours scheduled for sleep. so that means if they leave a flight with a great deal of delay, it eats into the pilot's time, too. so the airline would have to think, we're going to need an entire new crew. they're really incentivized now to run things on time. that's the hope. >> then what if you have the emergencies? sometimes you have those medical

emergencies on board or a case like right now, bad weather? >> snow. i think we all know someone affected by that. my own sister was two days delayed in getting home after new year's because of the snow. >> was she stuck in an airport? >> she was stuck in miami. she made the most of it. >> holds on. she was stuck in miami? i'm sorry. >> it's still a delay. so there are unforeseen emergencies due to things like snow or medical problems. if that happens, it could create a lot more of a delay. so let's say you're on a flight from new york to california and there is a medical emergency that causes you to land in denver. now the pilot might run over his or her allotted time for working, which may mean an airline, who may not have a free plane in that area needs to get one. so that means that it won't be a small delay. it will be a massive delay. >> yeah.

then you have people wondering how much is this going to cost me, the passenger? >> bingo. so additional hires and more regulations, shorter hours that pilots can work consecutively means that costs will go up. who is going to ultimately bear that burden? the consumer. whatever you've allotted for travel in terms of your budget for 2014, you may need to increase that number a bit because airline tickets are highly likely to go up because of this. >> at the end of the day, i mean, i'm sure all of us who are flying, we're hoping that our pilot is rested and hopefully this goes smoothly. so if it means to pay -- not that anybody wants to pay more, but it's good they're hiring people and not overworked because a couple other things that they were going to be factoring in when the pilots report for work, late or night, early in the morning -- late at night or early in the morning because as you know, they're more tired at that time. and then the schedules are going

to be depending on how many takeoffs and landings that are included and whether the pilots have changed one or more time zones before reporting for duty. so even if you have to pay a little bit more, they're rested. that could be a good thing. >> we think about our own jet lag. we don't often think about that of our pilots. but yes. it's another area where we can take off and feel a little safer that our pilot is well rested which is important. >> it is. good to see you. happy new year. let's get together for some holiday cheer. >> would love to. >> gregg, you're not invited. >> don't leave me out of that. you left me out of that. virginia deactivating nearly 4,000 electronic benefit cards after the recent security breach at target stores. those cards are used by people receiving federal financial assistance and child support. target had reported the data breach last month, as you know. and is now taking steps to secure the information.

state officials say those cards will be replaced. the family of 13-year-old jahai reaching an agreement allowing her to be moved to an undisclosed long-term care facility. the california hospital is required to keep her on life support until tuesday night as part of the deal. her mother agrees to take responsibility for whatever happens during that transfer. for an exclusive look into her case, tune in to huckabee tonight. he will talk to the brother of terry shiavo. she was removed from life support in a high profile case. her brother, bobby schindler, is telling mike huckabee about the similarities between the two patients' face. >> that's one of the reasons we're standing with this family. my heart breaks when i see the mother doing those interviews, similar to what my mom was saying. yes, it's terrible the way they

label my sister. they labeled her as a vegetable that's brain dead. and we knew how alive she was and how responsive and how much she interacted with people at times. quite honestly, it didn't matter. it seemed like terry's whole case, she had to prove to everybody that she was worthy of life. >> you can see that entire interview on huckabee tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. new outrage after the editorial boards of two major newspapers calling the u.s. to pardon nsa leaker edward snowden. so should the fugitive be allowed to return home without any penalty at all after leaking many of the nation's security secrets? that story coming up next.

the former head of our nation's spy agency referred to him as a traitor. but there are now calls for clemency for nsa leaker edward snowden, the former contractor who released classified documents before escaping overseas. the "new york times," along with britain's guardian newspaper, defending snowden in recent editorials. the times calling snowden a whistle blower who exposed illegal actions by the government. joining me to talk about it, susanest ridge, professor of law and professor of science at usc. you wrote a column about this this week which as always, was terrific.

what do you think of this notion of clemency for snowden? >> not much, is what i think of it, gregg. i'm going to predict that you're going to agree with me on this. but this guy committed, or allegedly committed, very serious crimes, violations of the espionage act and there you got the "new york times" and it's saying, well, he may have committed a crime, but he's done such a service to our country, blah, blah, blah. he did commit a crime. i think he's admitted that he committed a crime. while i'm as concerned as you're concerned, we're all concerned that the nsa should operate within constitutional bounds, which we've got courts disagreeing about right now, the idea that snowden runs offer to russia after he's committed a serious crime and potentially put lives at risk and is now entitled to come home as some

kind of a hero and not face the consequence of his actions? i just don't understand and i certainly don't agree. >> i find it ironic, snowden thumbs his nose at the constitution and the establishment of the justice system therein and he accuses the nsa of violating the constitution. i mean, it doesn't matter that he didn't graduate from high school. i'm not really faulting him for that. but he's appointed himself as an expert on constitutional law, has he not? >> of course he has. and he was also, maybe worse, said that he should be above the law, because had he said at the time, look, i'm doing this 'cause i believe in my country and i'm doing it as a patriot and i'm willing to face the consequences 'cause i'm so deeply troubled, that's one thing. then you don't go running off to russia and give putin a pr victory at our expense. but he didn't do any of those

things. he didn't stay here the way you do when you commit civil disobedience and say i'm ready to face the consequences. i'll do so. i trust the justice system. i'll put things on trial. no. he goes running off to russia and now the "new york times" and the guardian, both of which were in bed with him, fine, they're journalist, they're entitled to. now they're saying, well, look what a national hero he is. he should get clemency. what kind of message does that send? i mean, what about the next person who is in nsa he had quarters? does he say, maybe i should do it, too, 'cause this is how you get to be a national hero. i think it's all wrong. if snowden wants to come back here, face the consequences, go on trial, be tried by a jury of his peers, great. he deserves the best possible defense. but i just don't agree with clemency. >> you know, you and i were last talking about judicial independence and your column addresses this.

you've got a judge who said it's constitutional. another judge says it's unconstitutional. as you point out, i'm looking at it right here, these are judges who bring their life experiences, their personal views and somehow it's got to influence them, right? >> of course it does. the first day of my undergraduate class at usc, i give the kids, everybody has a copy of the constitution, and then in the last year or so, i spell out something like -- there is a constitution. and tell me what the right answer is. they all look at me and they look at the one sentence in the fourth amendment and look back at me and finally somebody will say, well, how are we supposed to do that? the answer is that the constitution is a living document that we bring to its interpretation, our own values and experience. we also, you know as a lawyer, look to press departments, look

to -- precedents, look to other rulings, et cetera. you were the first one to point it out to me in that e-mail that morning, but the irony, which you noted is that we had the judge who was appointed by bush saying this is unconstitutional and the judge who was appointed by -- i think it was a clinton or obamacare appointee saying this is constitutional. the wonderful moment of what does an independent judiciary mean? yes, these judges bring their own experiences and their own values and look to precedent. but it is also the case that with an independent judiciary, you're going to get people, hopefully of courage and decency, who will stand up and say, this is not the political answer. this is the legal answer. and if anything t proves mr. snowden should have trusted the judiciary, should trust the judiciary and the system and let him make his case. but to add one point, he didn't have to go dump all these documents on the public record. like you said, before we were

talking, if he was really concerned and deeply troubled, there were other legitimate ways to raise these issues. not by stealing and dumping. >> susan estridge, wonderful column. everybody can check it out on-line. thank you so much. good to see you. >> thank you, gregg. always a pleasure. art? >> very good. thank you. so it's lights out for those traditional light bulbs. what do you need to know before going buy some of the energy efficient bulbs? "consumer reports" with some bright ideas coming up next [ male announcer ] when you wear dentures you may not know

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>> new study puts a ban on traditional light bulbs making only energy efficient bulbs available. >> so for the february issue, "consumer reports" flipped a whole bunch of switches. here to shine some of the light on the best ones. >> that's right. the home and appliances deputy content editor for "consumer reports." hi, good to see you. >> good to see you. >> i want to get to, first of all, the pros and cons. first of all, the cfl light

bulb. so this right here, let's start with this. this is an led. >> this is also an led. leds are great because they use 80% less energy than an incandescent bulb. what's nice is they turn on instantly, full brightness. you get full brightness on them. and many of them are dimmable. and they're also really very bright. the down side of them are not all of them emit light directionally. this one does. the ones we rate highly do. at this point, one of the biggest down sides of them is the cost. they're still pretty pricey. >> right. but that should go down -- >> that has been going down and we've been some preliminary tests on even less ex opinionsive bulbs -- expensive bulbs. >> which is this. >> this is the samsung and this one is one of our top rated bulbs and it costs $30 a bulb.

>> okay. whoa. that's a lot. but how long is this thing going to last? >> this is going to last about three hours, can last 18 to 46 years. >> really? >> it's worth $30. >> what's nice about that is that even at that price, you're going to save about $150 on energy costs over its life span. >> who makes this one? >> this this is $20. >> now we go to the cfl, a compact fluorescent light bulb. let me turn this one off and turn this off. >> this is going to take a little longer to warm up. >> right. that's one of its down sides, that they don't come to instant brightness right away. another one of the down sides is they have a small amount of mercury in them. so that you need to recycle them. you can't just throw them in the garbage. the good thing about them is that they also use a lot less

energy. 75% less energy than your typical incandescent bulb. they do a good job with the light all around. >> now it's really coming on. how much does this cost? n this is only a buck and a quarter. >> is that right? >> this one will save you about 60 bucks over its lifetime. >> different light, though. like this led seems like it was brighter. >> it seemed brighter because this one is taking a while to warm up. >> i'm impatient. >> but i think -- >> you want to shell out 30 bucks? >> you're going to get it for me. >> i think what's interesting, no matter what kind you buy, those are two things you really need to keep in mind. you want to know the brightness. so that's lumen. for a 60 watt bulb, you're looking for the 800 lumen. here is the thing that trips people up. the color of the light. that's the color temperature. if you like that warm light,

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